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Where does “coffrer” come from?

coffrer (French) comes from French coffre, from Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus, from Ancient Greek κόφινος — basket.

coffrer (French): to lock up; to put away or inside; to make...

Definitions

  1. to lock up; to put away or inside; to make...

Ancestry of “coffrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoffrechest, box; boot , trunk; first-person singular...
2Old Frenchcofrechest
3LatincophinusA hamper, basket
4Ancient Greekκόφινοςbasket

Words derived from “coffrer”

  • cofre
  • кофр
  • décoffrage
  • coffrage
  • coffrer
  • coffret
  • coffre
  • Aktenkoffer
  • Kofferwort
  • Koffer
  • Kofferraum
  • cofre
  • koferis
  • kofro
  • kufer
  • кофер
  • kofer
  • kufer
  • куфер
  • koffert
  • koffert
  • cofre
  • kofer
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